Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube
Real (i.e. American) Football. Like Gawain said, it's like watching a war. Every play is an intricately planned battle. These men are huge, and powerful. As has been said, without the pads there would be regular fatalities. There are constant broken bones as it is. It is the ultimate sport, a test of sheer athleticism and teamwork. Soccer comes close--it requires a similar amount of teamwork--but it lacks the brutality of football. Rugby.. eh, Rugby is just a mess.

American Football all the way. I'm sorry you Europeans don't understand the sport--you'd quickly convert if you spent a week trying to get into it.
We do grasp the game because we invented the foundations of it, american football has just had the padding and long breaks added on top of rugby.